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Drax protester says judge claimed climate change was not relevant but 'that was why we were there' | Beth Stratfordhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jul/05/drax-protest-trial-beth-stratford
The coal train protest judge said "climate change is of no relevance to this court" – but that was why we were there<p>I am on the wrong side of the dock, with two years in jail hanging over me, and no curly grey wig of my own. I have watched the prosecuting barrister spend a whole day setting out his case in surreal and painstaking detail; 29 ways to prove what we have already admitted.</p><p>There are enormous files of photographs of the orange boilersuits we used to impersonate railway workers and flag down the train; of the tents, food and locks we brought, to stay for as long as possible; of our coal-blackened faces on arrest. It's hard not to look like a convict after 16 hours on a coal hopper. Witnesses dutifully traipse in one by one to confirm that we safely stopped a train, and blocked coal deliveries to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/draxgroup" title="Drax">Drax</a> for a day and a half.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jul/05/drax-protest-trial-beth-stratford">Continue reading...</a>Environmental activismEnvironmentCoalClimate changeDraxProtestClimate changeFossil fuelsLawUK newsSat, 04 Jul 2009 23:06:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jul/05/drax-protest-trial-beth-stratfordBeth Stratford2009-07-04T23:06:52Z